Then the chief justice took up the question of the free territory in which Scott had lived.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The Supreme Court took up the case in December, eighteen fifty-six.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Northern newspapers took up the cry, "On to Richmond!"

VOA: special.2009.08.27

Ahlu-Sunna Wal-Jamaa took up arms against al-Shabab more than a year ago, after al-Shabab militants desecrated the graves of revered Sufi clerics.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

This huge warrior threw me to the ground and then took hold of my arm again to pick me up.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

So I picked her up and I took her to the couch and I just started talking to her about what happened.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

And so the man took the box, and put up his forty dollars and sat down to wait.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

"There it goes!" he said. He swung his camera up, following the movement of the flag, and pressed the button that took the picture.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

"Today,in the face of violence from those who would only destroy, Iraqis took a step forward in the hard work of building up their country.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

Then he took the gloves off both hands and picked up all the matches.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

Stock prices took a roller-coaster ride this week -- down one day,up the next.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

So he took his camera and began to climb slowly up the mountain.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

They took him into the woods. This is where he grew up.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

Twelve to twenty cowboys took them up the trail.

VOA: special.2010.03.18